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XIX. Remarks on the Military History of Bristol in the Seventeenth Century, with a Sketch of the Outworks, by Edmund Turnor, Esq. F. R. S. and F. S. A.
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 July 2012
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The great importance of Bristol, as the second city in the kingdom,—its situation commanding at once the rich county of Somerset, and the chief entrance into Wales, rendered the conquest of it of the utmost consequence to both king and parliament, whose spirits, during their unhappy contests, were alternately elated or depressed as either party succeeded in the siege, or failed in the defence of the town. But the great extension of commerce, and the consequent increase of population, have so much enlarged the circuit of Bristol, that what was only an inconsiderable suburb in the time of Charles the first, is now become a new town, extending over, and in a great measure defacing, the lines of fortification which formed the outworks of the city. An attempt, however, to preserve some idea of the remaining military vestiges, as exhibited by letters patent under the great seal of England, and sign manual of Charles the First, conferring the office of treasurer of the garrison on an ancestor of the author of this communication, may not be foreign to the views of the Society.
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page 120 note [a] Leiand's Itin. VII. 68.
page 121 note [b Hist. Rebellion, II. 295.
page 121 note [c] Charles I. lodged in the house of Mr. Creswell, in Small Street, which is still remaining, and exhibits a variety of beautiful gothic architecture.
page 121 note [d] From the Letters Patent under the great seal, penes Edm. Turnor.
page 124 note [e] On the 10th of February in the same year, Edmund Turnor, Esq. was appointed captain of a troop of cuirassiers, to bring in contributions to the garrison of Bristol. At the battle of Worcester he was taken prisoner; and was knighted soon after the restoration. He died 1707, aged 88, and was buried at Stoke Rochford in Lincolnshire, the place of his residence.
page 128 note [f] MS. penes Edm. Turnor.
page 129 note [g] Sprigge's Anglia Rediviva, p. 113.
page 129 note [h] Prince Rupert's declaration and narrative, as quoted by Barret.
page 130 note [i] PI. XXXIV.
page 130 note [k] Declaration and narrative, ut supra.
page 131 note [l] Collinson's Somersetshire, I. 30.
page 131 note [m] Anglia Rediviva, ut supra.
page 131 note [n] Collinson, II. 217.
page 131 note [o] Anglia Rediviva, ut supra.